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Waterloo
So, Saturday I officially pulled out of this year's NaNoWriMo. Final count: 28,731 words.
On the plus side, after the fourth one this month, I'm now getting much better at recognising the migraine aura while it's still just an odd semi-absense in my field of vision, even before it develops into the pretty sparkly flashy strings.
Lessons learned this year? Perhaps if, when November rolls around, I happen to be at a biorhythmic low point, feeling generally rundown and lacking in energy, I shouldn't be surprised at the effort required to muster the enthusiasm for a Grand Project like NaNoWriMo.
As for the story itself? It certainly developed some interesting twists during its lifetime--the original physicist who my three protagonists were cloned off turned out to be a significantly bigger character in the whole thing than I was expecting. :) I'm not sure whether I'll continue with it--I'm mainly pulling out of completing it within November rather than the story as a whole, but I suspect it will end up joining the rest of the half-finished non-deadlined stories languishing on my hard drive.
Still, was it worth it?
Always. :)
On the plus side, after the fourth one this month, I'm now getting much better at recognising the migraine aura while it's still just an odd semi-absense in my field of vision, even before it develops into the pretty sparkly flashy strings.
Lessons learned this year? Perhaps if, when November rolls around, I happen to be at a biorhythmic low point, feeling generally rundown and lacking in energy, I shouldn't be surprised at the effort required to muster the enthusiasm for a Grand Project like NaNoWriMo.
As for the story itself? It certainly developed some interesting twists during its lifetime--the original physicist who my three protagonists were cloned off turned out to be a significantly bigger character in the whole thing than I was expecting. :) I'm not sure whether I'll continue with it--I'm mainly pulling out of completing it within November rather than the story as a whole, but I suspect it will end up joining the rest of the half-finished non-deadlined stories languishing on my hard drive.
Still, was it worth it?
Always. :)
